Non-refillable bottle.



G. H. HAMMOND.

NON-REPILLABLE BOTTLE. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 1a, 1912.

1,086,324. Patented Feb. 3, 1914.

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CHARLES H. HAMMOND, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHNS. MARKO'E, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. HAM- MOND, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Non-Refillable Bottles, of

' which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a non-refillable bottle.-

The object of the invention is to rovide improved means for preventingbottles that have been emptied of liquid contents, and which bear wellknown names, brands or labels, from being refilled ,with inferiorimitations of the genuine liquid originally contained in the bottle.

The several parts comprising the mechanical means which preventrefilling may be made of porcelain, aluminum, or any nonoxidizablematerial that will be innocuous to the liquid that will be contained inthe bottle.

The accompanying drawing illustrates the improved device whichconstitutes the subject-matter of this invention.

Figure 1 is a vertical section of the neck of an ordinary bottle and themechanical parts constituting this improvement; the section is on linel1 of Fig. 4. Fig. 2 is a side view of the shell that is inserted intothe bottle-neck. Fig. 3 is a top view of the shell. Fig. 4 is across-section of the parts on the line 44 of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is acrosssection on the line 55 of Fig. 1.

Referring now to the drawing the bottle to which this improvement isapplicable may be of any preferred or well-known shape, but should havea neck, 6, whose throat or bore passage is substantially straight.

The device shown in the drawings and now to be described, will permitthe liquid contents of a filled bottle to be partly or entirely emptiedor discharged, but will prevent liquid from being entered into thebottle by any ordinary means or operation.

The numeral, 6, designates the neck of bottle; a shell, 7, is molded andforms a circular chamber which has a uniform diameter vertically fromtop to bottom and whose lower end, 8, is open and whose upper end isentirely closed by the crown, 9. The exterior surface of this shell hastwo sections one above the other, each of which has hexagon sides. Theuppermost hexagon Specification of Letters Patent.

' Application filed June 18, 1913.

Patented. Feb. 3, 1914. Serial No. 774,330.

sectlon, 10, is shown in horizontal crosssection in Fig. 4; and thelower hexagon section, 12, is shown in vertical section in Fig. 1. Bothof these six-sided, or hexagon-shaped exteriors, are shown in Fig. 2 andalso in Fig. 3. The six fiat sides of each hexagon exterior section formvertical points or angles that project; the points on the uppermostsection are designated, 11, and the points on the lower section aredesignated, 13. The vertical relation of the flat sides and angle pointsof these two hexagon exterior surfaces respectively, is plainly shown inboth Figs. 2 and 3, and this relation consists in having the anglepoints of one hexagon section in vertical alinement with the center ofthe flat sides of the other hexagon section.

The flat sides of the upper hexagon section are each provided with acentral vertical groove, 15, which serves as a discharge passage. Theflat sides of the lower hexagon section form, in the bottle-neck, adischarge passage, 14.

When the shell, 7, is inserted in the neck, 6, of the bottleall theangle-points of both hexagon sections will nearly contact with theinterior surface of the bottle-neck, 6. This structure will form in thebottle-neck and around the shell, 7, two sets of discharge passages, 14,15, those of one set having staggered position relative to those of theother set; this provides a free discharge.

Open ports, 16, are provided in the lower hexagon section,-one portbeing in'each of the six flat sides; these ports allow the liquid in thebottle to pass from the interior chamber of the shell to the dischargepassages, 14.

A. valve-seat, 17, is formed inside of the circular chamber of theshell, 7, by a ring that is inserted into the lower end of the circularshell; a valve, 18, is within the shell and closes by resting on thisseat, 17. hen the valve is closed no liquid can be filled into thebottle. In this instance the valve, 18, comprises a ball that must beentered into the bottom of the shell before the ring, 17, is inserted;the ring must be secured to its position so that it will not slip out.

The operative parts that will permit liquid to be discharged from thebottle, without allowing liquid to be entered by way of the mouth intothe bottle, have now been described.

The shell of the foregoing described structure must be securely held orfastened within the bottle neck. The means provided for this purposewill now be described.

The exterior of the shell, 7, at its lower edge has an outside ring orflange, 19, and another similar ring or flange, 20, is on the outsideabove the lower one and the two tit snugly within the bottle neck, butare spaced apart or separated. A wood collar, 21, is split vertically,and the ends of the split are tapered tangentially, as at 22, so thatsaid tapered ends overlap each other, as shown in Fig. 5. This woodcollar has a spring quality or characteristic, that constantly tends toseparate its two ends and expand or press outward in close contact withthe interior surface of the bottle-neck. This wood collar, before beingput to use, is steamed and dried.

Before applying this device the bottle must be tilled with the liquid itis to contain. Then a wood split collar, 21, should be placed around theshell, 7, in the space between the two flanges, 19, and, 20, and thenthe said shell with the wood collar on it, in sorted into the mouth ofthe bottle and forced down into the neck to the desired posit-ion. Thewood collar will fill the neck of the bottle closely, and will retainthe shell in its proper position; the crown, 9, of the shell will beuppermost. The liquid contents of the bottle may then be partly orentirely emptied, but the empty bottle can not be refilled.

The parts of this device which prevent refilling can not be removed fromthe bottle neck without breakage.

The mouth of the bottle may be closed by using a cap, or by inserting anordinary cork.

In the description the exterior of the two upper parts, 10, and 12, ofthe shell, have been termed hexagon sided because in the presentinstance they have six sides, but it is obvious they would operate justthe same if they were seven sided or eight sided, the inventive ideatherefore may be termed polygonal sided.

Having thus described my invention what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is The combination with a bottle having a neck with astraight smooth passage therein, of a shell in said neck which latterhas a centrally closed enlargement at the outer end, a circularenlargement at the inner end and a circular enlargement intermediatesaid end-enlargements, said shell also having a central chamber betweenthe intermediate enlargement and the outer enlargement which chamberextends above the lower edge of the said outer end enlargement,-theshell also having lateral passages which extend from the central chamberoutwardly and open at a point spaced'from and above the saidintermediate enlargement and the outer end-enlargement havinglongitudinal passages whose lower ends terminate above the lateralpassages and also terminate above the intermediate enlargement andbetween the intermediate and lower enlargement the in terior of theshell having a ring-shaped valve seat; a ball in the central chamber anda wood collar encircling the shell between the lower and intermediateenlargements to expand and lock the shell in the bottle neck.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES H. HAMMOND.

Witnesses G. FERD. Voer, CHAS. B. MANN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe "Commissioner of Iatenta, Washington, D. G.

